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More than 500 aftershocks have struck Venezuela since twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and 7.2 hit last Wednesday, including a 5.2-magnitude tremor early Monday, the UN's humanitarian coordinator ...
Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly that global instability, economic hardship and the misuse of emerging technologies are creating fertile ground for terrorism, as the UN ...
Press Conference by Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on the Strait of Hormuz.
Following an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, IMO has dec...
Briefing by Hannan Sulieman, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, on reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
“The violence children face in Sudan extends far beyond the batt...
Press Conference by Pekka Haavisto, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan, on the situation in the country.
Haavisto expressed alarm about ongoing hostilities around the city of El-Obe...
Eighty-one years after the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco, Guterres said the Charter “was a promise to the world that humanity can choose cooperation over chaos, law over la...
UN representatives across agencies brief the press on the earthquake response in Venezuela. UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs Jens Laerke's remarks that 'the international humanitarian system is mo...
New street drugs are now hundreds of times stronger than heroin, with traffickers seeking alternatives that can evade detection and regulations. The World Drug Report 2026 breaks down the profound ...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) launched an evacuation framework this week to assist the 11,000 seafarers still stranded in around 600 vessels inside the Strait of Hormuz, in line wit...
Briefing by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, on reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
"The window to avert a wider escala...
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
Venezuela
UN Charter Day
Senior Personnel Appointments
Sudan/Security Council
Sudan
Lebanon
Special C...
Executive Director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, also briefed the Council members. She highlighted three more alarming trends in the report.
“First, children continue to be killed and maimed at st...
“For two decades, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund have helped communities emerge from the darkness of war,” Secretary-General António Guterres said, addressing the Peacebuil...
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- Venezuela/Earthquakes
- Venezuela
- Colombia
- Sudan
- UNIFIL
- Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Central E...
With a record level of conflict worldwide — and an estimated 20,000 lives lost to violence each month — UN Peacebuilding Chief Elizabeth Spehar explains why peacebuilding is the smartest investment...
Two deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela less than a minute apart on Wednesday, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, causing at least 164 deaths and widespread destruction in and around the capital, Cara...
“When States become the main violators of the rights of children, this signals a dramatic disregard for international humanitarian and human rights law, and an erosion of the principle that States ...
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
Secretary-General Travel
Security Council
UNIFIL
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Yemen
Sudan
...
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, called for an investigation into what he called 'anti-Israel bias' at the UN and laid out his government's position on Israeli-held territory...
The UN Security Council meets for an open debate on strengthening protections for children caught in armed conflict. The Secretary-General's latest report reveals that in 2025, soldiers and Governm...